Fish kill prompts pollution probe

A SEWAGE treatment plant in Co Meath is in the spotlight after 4,000 wild brown trout were killed along a three-mile stretch of the River Innynear Oldcastle.

Fish kill prompts pollution probe

The alarm was raised by an angler last evening and a team of fishery officers worked through the night to remove dead fish and track the pollution source.

Local anglers identified a discharge of sludge from the sewage treatment plant in the Oldcastle area as a possible culprit but the Shannon Regional Fisheries Board (SRFB) refused to confirm this.

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